The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-16
BROWNSVILLE NEWS.
For the past week, rain.

A. c. Hausman visited Portland on
Thursday Inst.
Mrs. A. &. Hausman and daughter
left for Portland OH Thursday last
Geo. Humphrey, deputy sheriff OF
Linn county, visited our town on Fri
day last.
John Vance of Grant Go. Or, shook
hands with Brownsville friends OH last
Monday.
The attendance nj the North Browns
Vile school, for the spring term mum.
bers ninety pupils.
ON the night Of Saturday last snow
fell to considerable depth, i'm the noun
tains south of town.
A. J. Adams aud w. Stevenson will
hereafter operate the Brownsville tam
merry, heretofore managed by Mcleod.
Miss Maggie White, who for thepast
three months has been visiting Isu-
gene friends, returned home ON We'd
nesday last.
Julius Hyde, who for the past three
months has been residing ut Center
vile, Umatilla Co., returned to Browns
vile ON Wednesday last.
And yet the spotted beauties of the
brook tickelith not the palate of the
hungry fisherman. Too much prohi-
tion liquid, boys. Wait till the waters
subside.
Phil. Smith, county tax assessor,
passed throught town on Saturday, but
did not tarry long enough to give our
citizens time to find out how much non-
assessable property they owned.
a contract has been let to orebaugh
& Lampson 10 build for the firm of
Coshow ,S Cable, commodious two
story building which will be stocked
with complete line of wagons, agri-
cultural implements and hardware.
Mrs. A. II. Riggs, State President of
the w. G. 4. u, delivered a lecture on
the subject oftempernnce, at the Bap-
tist church on the evening of Thurs
day last. Some very able remarks
were made by w. II. Bishop of Port
land.
Regular meeting Of the city fathers
took place nj the City Hall on the even
ing of April eth, all members present.
Sidewalk was ordered built from Jae-
gers, to More's property. The follow
ing, bills were allowed: O. L. coshow,
Sl5,O0; A. w. Stanard, s2I0o; W. +.
Dyer, $500. A tax off mills was lev
led on all taxable town property.
On sunday last the clerk OF the wea-
ther must have had leave of absence
and trusted the manipulation Of the
atmospheric changes To some one not
versed in "handling the keys" Ia spring
weather. rs things were slightly mixed
varying from sunshine,to shower, from
shower to hail, from hail 90 "heautiful
snow,n and runningthrough the entire
gamct OF frigid and tropical changes.
During the past week number OF
emigrants have arrived In town nrinei-
pally from Kansas, who express great
dissatisfaction AZ the treatment receiv-
ed from some OF the employees on the
Oregon Short Line. II their state
ments are To be believed, and there Is
no reason To doubt them, passengers
over this line are treated with but
scant courtesy, and subjected To unrcas-
enable and exorbitant charges, that
certainly are not In accordance With
the rules and regulations issued by the
managers Of the read.
On the evening Of Thursday last at
the conclusion of the regular business
of Dowdall Lodge, X. of p, a bevy of
fair ladies. much to the surprise of the
members of the lodge, took possession
of the Castle Hall" and in n short
space of time had tables set and spread
with generous amount of choice edi-
bles, of which the assembled Knights
were invited to partake. A pleasant
evening was passed 10y all, the supper
was triumph of culinary art, highly
appreciated by the guests, who tender
ed vote of thanks to the following
ladies': Mrs. II. B. Moyer, Mrs.
Charley Younger, Mrs. ID. Brusba,
Mrs. S. p. Barger, Mrs. T. S. Pillsbury,
Mrs. J. NJ. Waters, Mrs. w. c. Cooley,
Mrs. J. I'll. Wilson and Mrs. r.. l..
Blanchard. Il. 5. p.